What does your work lunch usually look like?

I usually have a peanut butter and honey sandwich, greek yogurt and cereal.

A big, healthy salad. My wife makes both our breakfasts (overnight oatmeal) and lunches the night before, and adds a piece or two of fruit, depending on size, for a snack later in the day.

i alwayssss bring my lunch--saves tons of money! typically I will have a small spinach salad with carrots and celery, then a 1/2 cup of brown rice, and a can of tuna. Super satisfying and i'm full most of the afternoon. I eat some carrot and celery sticks around 3, then have a handful of almonds and an apple before the gym and im good until dinner time!!

Tuna sandwich generally, sometimes chicken breast or steak w/ sprouts.

I try to bring mine as much as possible, for caloric and cash reasons.

Some of the regulars:
Lean cuisine, apple, Babybel
Veggie salad with shredded chicken and spicy ranch or chicken and corn/black bean salsa as dressing
Fritatta with veggies and cheese, spring mix with lemon and olive oil
Chili with cheddar and sour cream (full fat, yo)
Salmon patties with salad, lemon and olive oil. Maybe some olives too.
A giant bowl of fresh berries and who cares what else (summertime!)
Roast beef and thin sliced cheese on wheat toast with greens, tomato, and horseradish mustard
Chicken and broccoli stir fried with a little general tso's sauce and rice
Whatever pot of soup I made over the weekend, an apple, and some crackers/cheese

If I go out, I sometimes get an Egg McMuffin from McDonalds, soup from Panera, sushi, giant chopped salad from the salad place, a burrito bowl from Qdoba (high cal, but so filling I pretty much don't need to eat the rest of the day). There's a great sub/cheesesteak place I eat at once every month or two - I eat half for lunch and the rest for dinner.

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

there's only so many times a year I could choke down subway

I am SO glad this isn't just me. I don't know what happened to this place. I feel pretty sure I used to enjoy Subway; but it seems like every time I've been there in the past year, it tastes like eating cardboard with mustard on it. NOTHING has any flavor. Even the tomatoes just taste like water.

Mostly leftovers. I usually cook 3 meals throughout the week for dinners and then have the leftovers for lunches or other dinners. If I'm out of leftovers or want something different I'll make something else that is usually like a grain, veggie, meat combo, or sometimes a sandwich.

I go out some but it's usually situational, with friends or coworkers, rather than building it in as a regular part of my week. I spend a lot less when I pack lunch.

_piaffe wrote: »

Currently: 1/2 avocado (~125g) on toast (Ezekiel, which I keep in an office fridge freezer) with pink Himalayan salt and a ton of cracked black pepper. Greek yogurt-based a.m. and p.m. snacks.

YUM!

Lunch if most often leftovers. I used to bring a lunch with 1 or 2 snacks. But I found my snack choices were lacking in protein. Granola bars & fruit mostly. (Or junk from the vending machine in the afternoon if I ate all my snacks in the morning.)

Last week I changed my eating habits a bit to eat 5 relatively equal portioned meals a day. Basically cut out snacking.

Today's lunches:

#1
grilled steak (left over)
brown rice
steamed broccoli
raw baby carrots

#2 (more left overs)
Italian sausage
white rice
corn
2 clementines.

Last week was mostly chili & rice. Eating that much rice lately is different, most weeks I'll have leftover spaghetti sauce from the big pot I make most weekends.